Operation Varsity: How the rich and famous cheated the US university system
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Operation Varsity: How the rich and famous cheated the US university system
Operation Varsity: How the rich and famous cheated
the US university system
A fast-track ticket to บทความสล็อต a superior college education is something wealthy
parents take for granted, according to the director of a new Netflix show examining
the US college admissions scandal of 2019.
Chris Smith, the film-maker behind movies including Netflix's Fyre: The Greatest Party
That Never Happened, as well as the hit series Tiger King, has now made
the docudrama Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal.
Dozens of wealthy Americans, including actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin,
were jailed after the cheating was exposed by the FBI, with many parents paying huge
sums to get their children into the country's elite universities.
The scam was masterminded by Rick Singer, an education expert who used part of
the money to fraudulently inflate entrance exam results and to bribe officials.
"I think as far as some of those parents were concerned, this is how it works in the USA,
" says Smith. "They're familiar with the idea that if you're wealthy and connected,
a whole different system of rules apply.
"Think of fast passes to amusement parks and first-class aeroplane tickets that allow
you to skip the queues. This may seem like a natural extension of the idea."
The programme is partly dramatised, with Stranger Things actor Matthew Modine taking
the part of Singer, along with other actors playing parents and college coaches. |
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